Fashion News Roundup: Anna Dello Russo Wears a Kanye West Dress, the Queen Would Be Annoyed if Kate Middleton Covers Vogue and the Lady Gaga Effect

Anna Dello Russo Wore Kanye West Three Days After His Show: Possibly his sole endorsement, but a pretty large one at that. So far, though, an ADR plug isn't quite enough to keep the critics at bay. {MTV Style}
The Queen Nixes a K.Mid Vogue Cover: A palace source said the Queen "would not be amused... Her Majesty is a real genius at making people squirm with simply a look or a 'tut, tut.'" Style icon isn't really part of Kate's Princess duties, apparently. {HuffPo}
Katy Perry Launching a Second Fragrance: The "sequel" to Purr comes out in November as a Nordstrom exclusive. The name remains a secret, but Perry is tweeting clues; lucky guessers will win prizes! Participate if you care. {WWD}

Anna Dello Russo Wore Kanye West Three Days After His Show: Possibly his sole endorsement, but a pretty large one at that. So far, though, an ADR plug isn't quite enough to keep the critics at bay. {MTV Style}
The Queen Nixes a K.Mid Vogue Cover: A palace source said the Queen "would not be amused... Her Majesty is a real genius at making people squirm with simply a look or a 'tut, tut.'" Style icon isn't really part of Kate's Princess duties, apparently. {HuffPo}
Katy Perry Launching a Second Fragrance: The "sequel" to Purr comes out in November as a Nordstrom exclusive. The name remains a secret, but Perry is tweeting clues; lucky guessers will win prizes! Participate if you care. {WWD}

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Anna Dello Russo Wore Kanye West Three Days After His Show: Possibly his sole endorsement, but a pretty large one at that. So far, though, an ADR plug isn't quite enough to keep the critics at bay. {MTV Style}

The Queen Nixes a K.Mid Vogue Cover: A palace source said the Queen "would not be amused... Her Majesty is a real genius at making people squirm with simply a look or a 'tut, tut.'" Style icon isn't really part of Kate's Princess duties, apparently. {HuffPo}

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Katy Perry Launching a Second Fragrance: The "sequel" to Purr comes out in November as a Nordstrom exclusive. The name remains a secret, but Perry is tweeting clues; lucky guessers will win prizes! Participate if you care. {WWD}

Willow Smith Has a New Track Out, Featuring Nicki Minaj: The pint-size fashion maven/pop star extraordinaire has a new single, called "Fireball." I can't wait for the video. {Styleite}

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Rachael Ray & Tyra Banks, A Love Story: Tyra went on Rachael's show and they made a date to play spin the bottle. The horror. {The Cut}

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Is FNO Doomed? Vogue "insiders" reportedly dished on what we noticed too: the event is too much work for not enough revenue. Speculation says this might have been the last year--will you miss it? {Page Six}
Celeb Style From LFW: Peep what the famous are wearing during London's shows; who looks better, Kate Moss or K.Stew? {FabSugar}
Marissa Webb Leaves J.Crew: The former VP of women's design is heading out to "pursue other opportunities;" she'll be succeeded by Tom Mora, head of the weddings and special occaisions who has been with the company for 10 years. {WWD
Tavi's Looking For a Managing Editor: Launch managing editor Emily Condon is leaving the fledgling Rookiemag.com to return to her day job at This American Life. She was only on board for the launch. Who do you think is right for the job? {WWD subscription required}

Dior Successor To Come "In The Next Few Weeks:" The Telegraph's Lisa Armstrong previewed Dior's spring collection at the atelier and spoke with president Sidney Toledano about the fate of Dior. He kept silent, but did say we'd all know what's up soon. {Telegraph}
Diversity On The Catwalk: Though the runways are still more vanilla than they should be, this season was a bit more diverse than usual. See how Jezebel broke it down by numbers. {Jezebel}
Do Bloggers Need Agents? According to the New York Times, they might want to sign on with an agency or lawyer to make some money and avoid exploitation. It works for the big names, but is it a good idea for everyone? {NY Times}
Anna Dello Russo's Armani Fashion Film, Starring Karolina Kurkova: ADR styled and starred in Armani's new advertisement-cum-fashion film, Back Gamon, where Kurkova plays a glamourous, mysterious lady of wealth who slips Bond-girl style between a poker game and a lover. ADR's styling is bomb, as always. {Anna Dello Russo}

Vogue Nippon Editor at Large and street style sensation Anna Dello Russo is as full of surprises as she is off-the-runway outfits. So if you have an hour-long conversation with her about her career in fashion, chances are she's going to say (and reveal) some amazing things in the process. This is what happened on Friday at the V&A in London as part of a series of discussions with fashion industry notables.
We didn't have time to watch the entire thing (an hour on the internet is like a week in real life) but Vogue UK pulled out a few gems. For one, Dello Russo compared her relationship with street style photog Tommy Ton to that of Queen Elizabeth II and her photographer Cecil Beaton, saying, "I went to see the exhibition of Cecil Beaton's portraits of The Queen, and I thought; 'That's just like me and Tommy!'"
She also says bloggers like Tommy have empowered her to become "an ambassador for street style" and said Garance Dore and Tommy have "revolutionised fashion." Of course, she wouldn't make such frequent appearances on these blogs without a mind-boggling quantity of outfits and in the interview, she revealed what we always suspected: that she changes outfits in her car up to five times per day.
While that piece of information was not so surprising, we were a bit shocked by her plans for a second career...in music.

Are You Ready For Tattoo-able Lip Color? Here it comes--the wave of beauty products attempting to capitalize on the success of Sally Hansen's Nail Effects. Violent Lips beauty company is launching with temporary tattoos for your kisser that come in three-packs for $14.95 with an array of designs, like flowers, fishnet, and animal prints.... What, haven't you always wanted cheetah lips? Reportedly next: eye color. Be still, my heart. {WWD (subscription required)}
Bird's Jen Mankins Is Cleaning Out Her Closet: Next Wednesday, May 18, the owner of the impossibly cool Brooklyn boutique will do a bit of spring cleaning, to all of our benefit, selling off new and slightly-worn items. This is her second sale--the first featured crazy good deals from lines such as 3.10 Phillip Lim, Rag & Bone, and Isabel Marant. The sale will be at the store's Cobble Hill location (on the corner of Smith and Butler) and will also feature a 20% off deal on all full-price merchandise. Synchronize your watches, ladies. {Racked}
Anna Dello Russo's Awkward Dance Video: Bryanboy posted this video of Anna Dello Russo titled "Fashion is Uncomfortable," where she gets dressed, does impossible stretches, and dances while saying "fashion shower" over and over. Though it probably wasn't meant to, the short actually does make you very, very uncomfortable. {Bryanboy}